In a May 8, 2006, ceremony held at the State Capitol with Commissioner of Education Lana Seivers,
Education Consumers Foundation President J. E. Stone presented awards of $3,000, $2,000, and $1,000 to Tennessee's highest performing elementary and middle school principals.
Recipients were selected on the basis of their school's most recent 3-year average achievement gains in math and reading/language arts.
Only those principals with 5 or more years of service were considered.